Treadle Coffee Table

I’m usually the first to condone someone who takes a perfectly functional tool and turns it into an non-functioning piece of furniture, but this sewing machine was a different story. The machine itself looked like it had been dropped off the back of a truck a few times and the wooden cabinet had delaminated years ago.
I made it so the treadle still can function, and was trying to think of a way that the treadle could still be used…to stir drinks perhaps?

Sliding dovetails to mate the top to the base. Wood used in a butcherblock style, reclaimed oak bridge beams, spalted poplar, and wild cherry.

Thanks for the compliments! Jeff, I spent many an hour thinking the same about a lathe, but the wheel seemed too lightweight when I tried it. Efficiency and speed of a springpole is hard to surpass, unless treadle wheel is big and heavy!